Welcome back to our spring term and happy new year to you all. I hope you all had a happy and restful break. The children have come back to school with super attitudes and an eagerness to learn. What more could I ask for! We have spent most of our week focusing on two things: firstly, the new year and what we want to achieve in 2022. Secondly, we have spent lots of time learning about the Epiphany and thinking about this special feast day. We attended church on Thursday, along with Year 4, to celebrate. It was a lovely Mass and the children were beautifully behaved. Father was very impressed with the children and their engagement with the service. I was very proud!
We also had a visit from the fire service today, who spoke to the children about fire safety and the importance of having a fire plan in place at home. The children really enjoyed this session, and some even had the chance to dress up as a firefighter! One thing they mentioned that I think is super important is that we should be checking that our fire alarms work once a week. If your fire alarm doesn’t work, you can contact the fire service and they will come and replace the alarm. More details can be found here:
Here is what else we have been up to this week…
Maths: we have recapped column addition with exchanging.
English: the children completed a great piece of writing on what they had been up to over the Christmas break.
Science: we have started a new topic for this term on forces and magnets.
R.E: we learnt about the Epiphany and re told what happened on this special day.
P.E.: this term we will be working with Erin from BFC on our teamwork and communication skills. We had our first session today and Erin was very pleased with how well the children listened and behaved.
PSHE: we have spoken a lot this week about the coming year and what we would like to achieve. We came up with 10 things we would like to do this year, and we are going to tick them off as we go along. We spoke about our highlights of 2021, as well as the lows, and we picked 4 of our lows to ‘let go’ of this year. It won’t be surprising to you that most children wrote Covid as one of their lows. Let’s hope 2022 is the year we get on top of the virus and restore more normality in to our lives.
Notices
Our PE days for this term are Thursday and Friday. Please ensure your child comes in to school in full PE kit on these days.
School Uniform - Miss Haggerty has asked all of the teachers to talk to their pupils this week about the importance of looking smart and wearing the correct uniform. I must say that Year 3 always look smart, but here are just a few reminders - please see expectations of school uniform, which is in the school prospectus. This is something ALL staff are going to be picking up with the children this week, so this gives you a heads up.
No nail varnish can be worn for school
Earrings must only be a plain stud
Please keep hair accessories small and to school colours - no big head bands with bows
I have sent home a letter today about the monthly challenges we are starting as a class. For January, we aim to raise £50 for Cafod. Please see the letter for more details.
Next week, we are hoping to have an archery taster session on Tuesday. Please can I ask that the children wear their PE kit on this day? That will mean they wear their kit on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday next week. Thank you!
Award winners
Maths: Harriet
Writing: Rosie
Golden: Grace
Have a lovely weekend,
Miss Heim-Sarac
